CN1112853C - Gum processing and packaging system - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and equipment for continuously producing, processing and packing final chewing gum products. The products are extruded to continuous material bands or strips (44), and the material bands are squashed so as to obtain final cross section dimensions and shapes, and then inserted into a final shaping device (48); the shaping device is used for maintaining the final cross sectional dimensions and shapes of the chewing gum products; then the continuous strips of the finished chewing gum are drawn lines, cut into self-contained blocks and respectively packed by a normal packing machine (49-50); then the chewing gum blocks which are respectively packed can be assembled in groups and packed in chewing gum packages.
Description
The present invention relates to improvement to manufacturing, processing and the packing of bulk/stick gum goods.
The manufacturing of bulk/stick gum product and packaging process are time-consuming and involve a large amount of manual operationss.Bulk/stick gum, for example Trident that produces by Warner Lambert
The board chewing gum is typically processed in the batch-type melting pan, is divided into piece by hand, forms a wide and flat continuous sheet with extruder again, then by roller mill, dividing machine and slicing machine.To before being wrapped and encapsulating, they be kept in the conditioning chamber of cooling through the chewing gum sheet material of line.Subsequently, the chewing gum sheet material is sent to a packing machine, they are divided into elongate strip earlier on packing machine, and then are divided into Pork-pieces chewing gum, then wrap up and encapsulate.
The chewing gum products that some is block, for example bubble gum is made into the rope form configuration and is directly sent into packing machine from extruder.These goods are rolled into the cross section and are roughly foursquare configuration and are divided into independent piece by cutting mechanism.Then, this monolith articles is wrapped up and packed.A kind of processing method of rope form chewing gum is for example in U.S. Patent No. 4,940, carries out explanation in 594.
Up to now, can't use continuous processing and packaging system that bulk/stick gum goods are packaged in the block chewing gum packing paper of standard.This is because the packing machine of standard requires to have size accurately and through the chewing gum block of typing in order to wrap up.
An object of the present invention is to provide a kind of improved equipment and method that is used to prepare and pack block and stick gum.
Another object of the present invention provides a kind of equipment and method that is used for pushing continuously, processing and pack bulk/stick gum goods.A subsidiary purpose of the present invention provides a kind of equipment and method, so that save the plenty of time of being wasted when producing some chewing gum products and cancel a large amount of manual operationss.
Another purpose of the present invention provides a kind of equipment and method, is used for final chewing gum products is formed elongated band or strip material, with the cooling of this band and make it keep certain cross sectional dimensions, and then this band is directly sent into wrap up and packaging machine.A further object of the present invention provides a kind ofly to be made certain size to final chewing gum products and is held in a kind of flat banded configuration so that can directly give the equipment of a standard pack machine.
The invention provides a kind of equipment and method that is used to improve manufacturing, processing and the packing of block and stick gum.Chewing gum products is preferably by continuous pressing method manufacturing.The gluey goods of made fusion are made a continuous band shape or strip material by one second extrusion equipment.Make the wire rod of chewing gum material pass a cooling device and enter a final calibrator.This calibrator is kept material to have the configuration of accurate dimensions and shape.Calibrator comprises a plurality of parallel and vertical roller spares, and they become the chewing gum materials processing of continuous feed final size and be finish-machined to have very high dimensional accuracy.Have final specific cross sectional dimensions and shape from the material that processes of calibrator output.
Then, continuous strip material that be cooled and Accurate Shaping is sent in a cutting and the packing machine, in this machine, chewing gum products is divided into single chewing gum products piece also wraps up respectively.Each chewing gum products piece through parcel is packed by packing machine, in groups chewing gum packing is fitted together so that sell on market then.
System with packing bulk/stick gum goods compares with existing production, the present invention has some or all advantage as described below: with short production cycle, workload in process of production is few, can process and pack the goods of various tastes simultaneously, improve the control of technical process, reduce the labour and consume, reduce the repetitive operation of workman's anxiety, reduce the carrying of material, and reduce complexity.
With reference to accompanying drawing and appended claims, by the following description of this invention, these and other aspect of the present invention and feature will become apparent.
Fig. 1 is a flow chart of producing the method for block chewing gum products in the expression prior art;
Fig. 2 is the flow chart of expression according to preferred creative method of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, and wherein, Fig. 3 A shows a wherein alternative embodiment of a part;
Fig. 4 is the side view according to a chewing gum calibrator of the present invention;
Fig. 5 is the vertical view of calibrator shown in Figure 4;
Fig. 6 is the schematic diagram of the part of calibrator shown in presentation graphs 4 and Fig. 5; And
Fig. 7 is the cutaway view of equipment shown in Figure 6, and this cutaway view is to intercept along the 7-7 line among Fig. 6 and along the direction of arrow.
The present invention is the improvement of known being used to being produced the method and apparatus of the bulk/stick gum finished product in standard pack paper.These chewing gum products typically comprise into little flat chewing gum, and its size is about long 1-1/4 inch, and are wide 3/8 inch and thick 1/6 inch.Such article of commerce comprises the Trident that is sold by Warner Lambert company
And Dentyne
The board product.
Fig. 1 shows a kind of known method that is used to produce block chewing gum products.What this method was total represents with label 10.An example of known method is for example in U.S. Patent No. 4,555, carries out description in 407.
Chewing gum typically in a batch-type melting pan, for example is made into the material of fusion in a Sigma blade melting pan.This processing method is known in the art, for example, at United States Patent(USP) Nos. 4,329, carries out description in 369 and 4,968,511.
The continuous gum base material that is used to make the chewing gum finished product can be made individually, perhaps is added in the final chewing gum component in same melting pan.Usually, the continuous gum base material perhaps carries out with batch-wise method or with continuous squash type method, and is fed in the final chewing gum melting pan with solid-state or liquid form with other method manufacturing.Being used to produce the known method of continuous gum base material and equipment for example can be from United States Patent(USP) Nos. 4,187, learns in 320,5,397,580 and 5,419,919.Make the various compositions of continuous gum base material and chewing gum finished product, for example flavor enhancement, sweetener, filler, colouring agent, softening agent and similar batch mixes are processed into final product then.
The final chewing gum products of bulk is taken out from Sigma oar formula melting pan and be processed into a continuous material strips with equipment 13 before the extruding.By hand this material is cut into single piece or " bar " 14 then.Then, the conveyer belt ground that perhaps directly with hand or use these material strips is inserted extruders places an extruder 16 to described material strips.Extruder flattens chewing gum products, makes it to become wide and flat continuous goods sheet material 18.The general nearly 17-1/4 inch of these chewing gum sheet materials is wide, about 1/6 inch high.
Then, continuous chewing gum sheet material is sent into a roll-in and dividing machine 20, on this machine, with the elongate strip that material sheet is longitudinally delineated into equal number, its width is approximately the 1-1/4 inch.After groove, the wide and flat continuous material sheet material through groove is cut into the independent sheet 22 that length is about the 17-18 inch with the cutting knife that rotates.These sheets are carried by a cooling duct or cooling chamber 23, it is fully cooled off so that carry there.Then, be deposited on the Wooden tray with the independent sheet of handgrip with hand and move in the conditioning chamber 24 of a cooling.This conditioning chamber can be controlled the humidity and the temperature of goods.The chewing gum products sheet through groove that will pile up is placed several hrs to time of 4-7 days in cooling chamber, this depends on adjusts to the time required when being enough to pack with material.
When needs are further processed and pack chewing gum products, by hand the sheet that piles up is flowed to a packing work station 26 by hand.At this moment, be approximately the wide elongate strip of 1-1/4 inch 28 with manually sheet (along the delineation line) being divided into, then with manually these elongate strip being sent into packing machine 30.Packing machine 30 is cut into the chewing gum material and has final size and shape the independent strip chewing gum block of (1-1/4 * 3/8 * 1/8 inch), and in step 32 they is wrapped up individually.Subsequently, packing machine is packaged into a chewing gum bag 34 in groups and with them with each chewing gum block that wraps up assembling.After this, if necessary, the chewing gum bag is assembled into independently composite packaging (not shown) again, coml is showed and sale to be used for.
Significantly, each chewing gum block that offers the wrapping portion of packing machine 30 must have accurate dimensions, shape and surface smoothness.If the size inaccuracy of each chewing gum block then can not wrap up them with wrapping paper rightly or effectively.
Procedure of processing according to the present invention is shown among Fig. 2, then is shown in (one of them alternative embodiment is shown among Fig. 3 A) among Fig. 3 according to the schematic diagram of process equipment of the present invention.What process equipment of the present invention was total represents with reference number 40.As first step, utilize traditional batch-type melting pan or preferably in a continuously extruded process, produce final chewing gum material 42.Be used for the equipment of continuously extruded final chewing gum products and method for example at United States Patent(USP) Nos. 5,045, carried out description in 325 and 5,135,760.
Then, the chewing gum material of bulk is sent in the extruder, it is squeezed into continuous material band or bar 44.This material band is preferably wide and about 1/6 inch (0.0167 inch) height of about 1-1/4 inch.After this, according to the present invention, make continuous material band or bar stand cooling.Chewing gum products is sent into continuously and by cooling chamber or cooling duct 46, is located its temperature from dropping to below 80 °F more than 100 °F at this.
In case the chewing gum products band is cooled, just in step 47 with dusty material for example mannitol/trinitrotoluene spray thereon, to help next step processing.Then, the continuous band (bar) that makes final chewing gum material is by a calibrator 48, and this device is accurately controlled the cross sectional dimensions and the shape of chewing gum.(in Fig. 4-6, will describe this calibrator in more detail).
Then, utilize the cutting knife of a rotation to be divided into elongate strip, then offer the packing machine 49-50 of a standard again through the material band or the bar of typing.This packing machine is divided into single chewing gum block 49 with the cutting knife of a rotation with material.Single chewing gum block is one by one wrapped up.At last, chewing gum bag 52 is assembled in groups and be packaged into to the chewing gum products piece 50 that is wrapped up one by one.As known in the art,, show and sale in each the chewing gum packing case or the bag of packing into a kind of mode commonly used for use in coml.
Fig. 3 schematically shows preferred equipment and the device that is used for the inventive method.Fig. 3 A represents a kind of replacement method, wherein adopts a kind of batch-type method to make final chewing gum products.
As shown in Figure 3, with final continuous gum base material batching, for example continuous gum base material, flavor enhancement, sweetener, filler, colouring agent, softening agent and similar additive add in the continuous pressurizing unit 41.Final chewing gum products 42 is fed in one second pressurizing unit 43, and this pressurizing unit produces the elongated band or the bar 44 of material.Can directly chewing gum products 42 be sent into extruder 43 as shown in figure, perhaps be expressed in the means of transport of handcart and so on discharging then or introduce in the extruder 43.The downstream of extruder 43 be provided with an extrusion die 43 ', it is squeezed into required shape with material.At this moment, are continuous wide and about 1/6 inch (0.0167 inch) the high cross sections of about 1-1/4 inch that also preferably have with 44.
From extruder 43 output be in higher temperature (about 100) with 44, thereby in order to process further, need be with its cool to room temperature (about 70-75) roughly.Therefore, make material band 44 pass a cooling chamber or cooling duct 46.Cooling chamber can be the cooling chamber of any traditional form, but is preferably the 9 passage Dx devices that Greer makes.When cooling chamber 46 comes out, utilize flusher 47 on the material band, to spill some powder slightly.Then, make continuous material 45 by calibrator 48 and directly flowed to packing machine 49-50 standard or traditional.In packing machine, with a rotary cutter (not shown) material is cut into independent piece, and then the piece that separates is wrapped up individually.
In a kind of technical process of replacement, it is long the continuous type material 45 of discharging from cooling chamber 46 or calibrator 48 can be cut into the 17-1/4 inch.For this reason, can or the cutter sweep (not shown) of a rotation be set in the downstream of calibrator 48 at cooling chamber 46.Some traditional packing machine requires the chewing gum products bar to have a fixing length in order further to process.
As mentioned above, the present invention can adopt by a kind of continuous squeezing method (as shown in Figure 3) or the final chewing gum material made by a kind of batch-type method.The batch-type method is shown among Fig. 3 A.Chewing gum products 42 ' in a batch-type melting pan 54, make, and be dumped on a handcart 56 or the similar means of transport.Then, this material is positioned in the extrusion equipment, for example in the extruder 43, at this place, it is squeezed into a band or a bar 44 with preliminary dimension and shape.The remainder of batch-type method is with identical with reference to the illustrated above-mentioned situation of Fig. 3.
Although other composition of mentioning the continuous gum base material above and be with final chewing gum material is added in the continuous extruder 41 or in the batch-type melting pan together, also can use a continuous extrusion process device and the final chewing gum material of preparation in a continuous processing procedure.This is for example at United States Patent(USP) Nos. 5,045, carries out description in 325 and 5,135,760.In addition, if the continuous gum base material is to make separately, then it can be produced with any known or traditional process, for example, and with continuous extruder or batch-type melting pan.The Production Example that adopts the continuous gum base material that this program carries out is as at United States Patent(USP) Nos. 4,187, carries out description in 320,5,397 and 580 5,419,919.
By the process shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 is compared as can be seen, the present invention has simplified the processing and the packing method of chewing gum significantly.Compare with the method for prior art, the present invention is more effective, has reduced labour intensity simultaneously widely.After chewing gum products was made into, it was squeezed into band or bar immediately, is cooled in cooling chamber, then makes it have accurate dimensions and shape in a calibrator, cuts immediately then and packs.This shaping-cooling-technology of the package process is approximately finished in a few minutes, rather than needs experience several hours or several days in art methods.
The present invention not only has higher efficient than the method for prior art, and has improved the quality of chewing gum finished product and prolonged effective storage life.The improvement of chewing gum end product quality is because the danger that needn't stand aging effect known in art methods or not have to pollute.Eliminated in conditioning chamber and to have mixed with the chewing gum products of other taste or the possibility of cross pollution.Simultaneously, reduced and produced and stored the factory building space that block chewing gum products spends.
In addition, compare, carried out the decreased number of the required packing machine of continuous packaging operation with the method for prior art.This minimizing part is because because of having prolonged the production time and having improved speed of production and improved packaging efficiency.If replace the batch-type melting pan with extrusion machining equipment, and cancel a plurality of roll-ins and groove mechanism, then reduced equally and be used to produce the required fund of chewing gum finished product, number of devices and factory building space.By the quantity that reduces the equipment that needs maintenance Operation and maintenance are simplified.
Further favourable part of the present invention and advantage comprise: accelerated the production cycle, greatly reduced or eliminated the work in the production process, can process the chewing gum products of various tastes simultaneously, improve control, reduce carrying and its complexity of material technical process.
A kind of preferred calibrator that is used for being processed into its net shape at the block chewing gum finished product before the packing is shown in Fig. 4-7.This device is totally represented with label 48.As shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5, final chewing gum products band or bar 45 are placed on one first conveyor-belt apparatus 64.The both sides, top of this conveyer belt are provided with siding track 66, so that keep material to become delegation.One first calendering roller 68 is set above conveyer belt 64, it be used for reliably shape with final chewing gum band 45 be held in a flat continuous strip material 45 '.One second conveyor-belt apparatus 70 is used for material is transported in the calibrator 48.Second group of siding track 72 is used to assist the material band with flat to remain on conveyer belt 70.
Best, with tilt or be funnelform lead-in portion 67 and 71 and unite use with siding track 66 and 72 respectively.Calibrator 48 is preferably used the food grade metal, and for example stainless steel is made, and has a upper component 74 and a lower member 76.Two members 74 and 76 are positioned to one as illustrated in fig. 4 and are arranged in another top and by a plurality of elongated guide fingers 77 (Fig. 4 has illustrated one of them) and a plurality of disc spring 78 guiding be held in place.Pin 77 makes two and half ones 74 and 76 keep aiming at.Spring 78 is used to help the first half 74 and Lower Half 76 balancedly to locate mutually, thereby makes space 80 therebetween have constant size.
Two and half ones 74 and 76 are held in basically by a uniform level(l)ing mechanism 82 and leave an equal distance mutually.This mechanism comprises the threaded 84 on a series of four corners that are positioned at device 48 and two sides.A continuous chain 86 of being handled by regulating wheel 88 is used for rotating simultaneously and adjusting all threadeds 84.In addition, also adopt the part of a pair of straining pulley 90, so that keep chain 86 to be in tensioning state as level(l)ing mechanism 82.
Disc spring 78 is set in the notch portion of offering along two ends of device 48 92.Spring 78 between the first half 74 and Lower Half 76, keep constant tension force and with level(l)ing mechanism 82 interlocks so that keep the accuracy of the width in space 80.
Adopt three groups of parallel rollers 94,96 and 98 device 48 inside roll-in and adjust material strips 45 ' thickness.Roller group 94,96 and 98 is driven by gear part 100,102 and 104 respectively, and these gear parts itself are then driven by main driven wheel 106 and secondary drive gear 108.In this respect, driven wheel 106 is driven by the chain 110 that links to each other with motor 112.Motor 112 driven wheels 114,114 of gears are via chain 110 driven wheels 106.Gear 106 is driven wheel 102 and 104 again, thus drive roller sets 96 and 98.Gear 102 is gone back driven wheel 108, and gear 108 driven wheels 100 and roller group 94.
The upper component 74 of device 48 has connection metallic plate 120 thereon, and this metallic plate and material strips 45 are provided with (see figure 6) with axially aligning.Similarly, the long and thin metal plate 122 of device 48 lower member 76 with connection correspondence thereon. Metallic plate 120 and 122 is opposed each other and be used to limit the space 80 that chewing gum products 62 is passed through.Have opening 115 on the metallic plate 120,122, be used for registration roller 92,94 and 96.For the ease of chewing gum material 45 ' turnover space 80, the leading edge of metallic plate 120 and 122 and back edge are made inclination or carry out chamfering, for example as among Fig. 6 by shown in label 124 and 126 like that.
Distance between described upper component metallic plate and the lower member metallic plate is approximately 0.162-0.166 inch (4.115-4.216 millimeter), the interval of described more than the 3rd roller is approximately 1.250 inches (31.75 millimeters), to limit the width of described chewing gum material.
Vertically arranged roller/the ways 128 of many groups is arranged in the opening 129 on flat metal plate 120 and 122.To this, in order to should be readily appreciated that, in Fig. 6, only show a roller 128, figure 7 illustrates two rollers 128; But roller is to be provided with in pairs, preferably in space 80 four groups of rollers is arranged on the side of chewing gum material simultaneously.Roller spare is preferably made with metal material, for example stainless steel.Roller/ways 128 limit final chewing gum products 62 ' accurate width 130.
Then, make chewing gum finished product 45 with its last cross sectional dimensions, shape and surface smoothness ' continuous band enter and pass the bulk/stick gum packing machine 49-50 of a standard.Material 62 ' band or bar be rotated cutting knife and be divided into independent piece and be wrapped.In case each chewing gum block is wrapped, they are with regard in groups assembled or box.Then, make final chewing gum packing stand traditional processing and further processing.
Implement optimal mode of the present invention although describe in detail above, the personnel that are familiar with technical field involved in the present invention will be understood that have various designs and embodiment can realize the present invention who is limited by following claims.
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1. method that is used to make block chewing gum said method comprising the steps of:
Make the chewing gum material;
Described material is formed continuous material band, and described material band has first cross sectional dimensions and shape;
The described material of finalizing the design makes it to form continuous material band, and described material band has second cross sectional dimensions and shape;
Described fixating shape step comprises:
In upper component metallic plate and the space between the lower member metallic plate in the described material band importing housing, described upper component metallic plate and described lower member metallic plate form an elongated flat path that passes housing;
In described space, described material band is carried out roll-in with first, second and the 3rd roller, described first and second rollers are separately positioned in the opening in described upper component metallic plate and the lower member metallic plate, thereby set the thickness of described continuous strip material, described the 3rd roller is arranged in the described housing, thereby sets the width of described continuous strip material;
The continuous strip material of described typing is divided into independent material block.
2. the method for claim 1 is characterized in that: the step of described manufacturing and the described material of moulding is included in the continuously extruded device mixes the chewing gum material composition and extrudes described material by a die head.
3. the method for claim 1 further comprises the step of the continuous strip material that cools off described moulding.
4. the method for claim 1 further comprises the step of wrapping up described each material block continuously.
5. method as claimed in claim 4 further comprises the step that continuously material block of described independent parcel is assembled into the chewing gum bag.
6. the method for claim 1 is characterized by, and the described step of cutting apart described material comprises with a rotary cutter mechanism cuts this material.
7. the method for claim 1 further comprises and adjusts the distance between upper component metallic plate and the lower member metallic plate so that adjust the step of size and dimension of second cross section of described continuous strip material.
8. the method for claim 1 further comprises relative to each other the step that keeps constant tension force by spring between described upper component metallic plate and lower member metallic plate.
9. the method for claim 1 comprises that further adjustment upper component metallic plate and lower member metallic plate are substantially parallel to each other to form the path that basic space uniformly is used for described material in housing.
10. the method for claim 1 further is included in and essentially horizontally locatees described first roller and second roller in the described housing, substantially vertically locatees described the 3rd roller in described housing.
11. the method for claim 1 further is included on described upper component metallic plate and the lower member metallic plate chamfering is set, so that easily described material band is introduced in the described elongated flat path.
12. the method for claim 1, it is characterized in that: each described first and second roller comprises a plurality of independent rollers, the independent roller quilt of described first and second rollers is spaced apart ordinatedly location in couples, so that the thickness of the described continuous chewing gum material band of finalizing the design.
13. the method for claim 1, it is characterized in that: described the 3rd roller comprises first group of a plurality of separate rollers, it is along the side location of described elongated flat path, with second group of a plurality of separate rollers, it is along the relative side location of described elongated flat path, and described first group and second group of roller cooperate the width with the described continuous chewing gum material band of finalizing the design.
14. method as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that: the device of described adjustment distance comprises a plurality of rotating pins, it operationally links to each other with described upper component metallic plate, a chain operationally links together described a plurality of pins, tensioning apparatus on described housing is used for the described chain of tensioning, be used for operationally adjusting described chain so that rotate described pin with an adjustment element, thereby adjust the position of described upper component metallic plate with respect to described lower member metallic plate.
15. a method that is used to make block chewing gum said method comprising the steps of:
Make the chewing gum material;
Described material is formed continuous material band, and described material band has a cross sectional dimensions and shape;
In upper component metallic plate and the space between the lower member metallic plate in the described material band importing housing, described upper component metallic plate and described lower member metallic plate form an elongated flat path that passes housing;
In described space, described material band is carried out roll-in with first, second and the 3rd roller, described first and second rollers are separately positioned in the opening in described upper component metallic plate and the lower member metallic plate, thereby set the thickness of described continuous strip material, described the 3rd roller is arranged in the described housing, thereby sets the width of described continuous strip material.
16. method as claimed in claim 15 is characterized in that: the step of described manufacturing and the described material of moulding is included in the continuously extruded device and extrudes described material with the mixing of chewing gum material composition and by a die head.
17. method as claimed in claim 15 further comprises the step of the continuous strip material that cools off described moulding.
18. method as claimed in claim 15 further comprises described continuous strip material is divided into independent material block, and wraps up the step of described each material block continuously.
19. method as claimed in claim 18 further comprises the step that continuously material block of described independent parcel is assembled into the chewing gum bag.
20. method as claimed in claim 15 further comprises and adjusts the distance between upper component metallic plate and the lower member metallic plate so that adjust the step of size and dimension of the cross section of described continuous strip material.
21. method as claimed in claim 15 further comprises relative to each other the step that keeps constant tension force by spring between described upper component metallic plate and lower member metallic plate.
22. method as claimed in claim 15 comprises that further adjustment upper component metallic plate and lower member metallic plate are substantially parallel to each other to form the path that basic space uniformly is used for described material in housing.
23. method as claimed in claim 15 further is included in and essentially horizontally locatees described first roller and second roller in the described housing, substantially vertically locatees described the 3rd roller in described housing.
24. method as claimed in claim 15, it is characterized in that: each described first and second roller comprises a plurality of independent rollers, the independent roller quilt of described first and second rollers is spaced apart ordinatedly location in couples, so that the thickness of the described continuous chewing gum material band of finalizing the design.
25. method as claimed in claim 15, it is characterized in that: described the 3rd roller comprises first group of a plurality of separate rollers, it is along the side location of described elongated flat path, with second group of a plurality of separate rollers, it is along the relative side location of described elongated flat path, and described first group and second group of roller cooperate the width with the described continuous chewing gum material band of finalizing the design.
26. the device of the continuous bar of the chewing gum material that is used to finalize the design, described continuous chewing gum material strips has thickness and width, and described device comprises:
A housing, this housing have a upper component metallic plate and lower member metallic plate, and they form an elongated flat path that passes housing;
One first many rollers are arranged on the described upper component metallic plate, and corresponding more than second roller is arranged on the described lower member metallic plate;
Described more than first roller and more than second roller form a path between them, this path defines the thickness of described continuous chewing gum material strips;
One the 3rd many rollers are arranged in the described upper component metallic plate at least, and described more than the 3rd roller has isolated independent roller, and limit the width of described continuous chewing gum material strips.
27. device as claimed in claim 26 further comprises the device that is used for keeping relative to one another constant-tension between the member metallic plate of described upper and lower.
28. device as claimed in claim 26 is characterized by, described more than first and second rollers have the axle of substantially parallel setting, and described more than the 3rd roller has vertically disposed substantially axle.
29. device as claimed in claim 26 is characterized in that, the setting that is substantially parallel to each other of described upper component metallic plate and lower member metallic plate.
30. device as claimed in claim 26 further is included in the chamfering that is provided with on described upper component metallic plate and the lower member metallic plate, so that easily described continuous chewing gum material strips is introduced in the described elongated flat path.
31. device as claimed in claim 26 further comprises adjusting device, it is used for adjusting the whole length that distance between upper component metallic plate and the lower member metallic plate is passed described elongated flat path equably.
32. device as claimed in claim 26 is characterized in that, the distance between described upper component metallic plate and the lower member metallic plate is the 4.115-4.216 millimeter, described more than the 3rd roller be spaced apart 31.75 millimeters, to limit the width of described chewing gum material.
33. device as claimed in claim 26, it is characterized in that, each described first and second roller comprises the roller that at least one is independent, and the independent roller quilt of described more than first and second rollers is spaced apart ordinatedly location in couples, so that the thickness of the described continuous chewing gum material strips of finalizing the design.
34. device as claimed in claim 26, it is characterized in that: described more than the 3rd roller comprises first group of at least two separate rollers, it is along the side location of described elongated flat path, second group of at least two separate rollers, it is along the relative side location of described elongated flat path, and described first group and second group of roller cooperate the width with the described continuous chewing gum material strips of finalizing the design.
35. device as claimed in claim 31, it is characterized in that: the device of described adjustment distance comprises a plurality of rotating pins, it operationally links to each other with described upper component metallic plate, a chain operationally links together described a plurality of pins, tensioning apparatus on described housing is used for the described chain of tensioning, be used for operationally adjusting described chain so that rotate described pin with an adjustment element, thereby adjust the position of described upper component metallic plate with respect to described lower member metallic plate.
36. a system that is used for the block chewing gum material of continuous manufacturing, processing and packing, described system comprises:
An extruder that is used for described chewing gum material is configured as continuously elongated continuous strip material;
A formed parts that is used for described material band is configured as continuously continuous narrow wide material strips;
A cooling body that is used to cool off described flat material bar;
A shaping mechanism that is used for described flat material strips is fixed to predetermined size and dimension;
One is used for described continuous flat material bar is carried out groove and cuts into the division mechanism of single piece of material; And
First package mechanism that is used to wrap up described single piece of material.
37. system as claimed in claim 36 further comprises one second package mechanism, is used for the single piece of material that described parcel is good and is assembled into the chewing gum bag.
38. system as claimed in claim 36 is characterized by, described cooling body comprises at least one group of roller spare that is used for described continuous material strips is shaped and remains on described predetermined size and dimension.
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